DiFi’s List of Endorsements for the “Assault Weapons” Ban of 2013
Perpetual opponent of the US Constitution Dianne Feinstein has posted a convenient list of enemies of basic human rights protected by the Second Amendment on her official website. This list is posted below, along with the ironic oath of office taken by US Senators take upon entering office.
US Senate Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
2013 “Assault Weapon” Ban Endorsements
Law Enforcement
- International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Major Cities Chiefs Association
- National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives
- National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence
- National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
- Police Executive Research Forum
- Police Foundation
- Women in Federal Law Enforcement
- Chaska, Minn., Police Chief Scott Knight, former chairman of the Firearms Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police
- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
- Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
- San Diego Police Chief Bill Lansdowne
Health care
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare
- Doctors for America
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Physicians Alliance
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- San Francisco Mental Health Association
- Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research
Education and child welfare
- 20 Children
- American Federation of Teachers
- California Teachers Association
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Every Child Matters
- Los Angeles Community College District
- MomsRising
- National Association of Social Workers
- National PTA
- National Education Association
- New Schools Venture Fund
- San Diego Unified School District
- Save the Children
- United States Student Association
Gun safety
- Arizonans for Gun Safety
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- Ceasefire Oregon
- Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
- Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence
- Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
- Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Mayors Against Illegal Guns
- Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
- One Million Moms for Gun Control
- Protect Minnesota
- Stopourshootings.org
- Violence Policy Center
- Washington CeaseFire
- Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort
- Women Against Gun Violence
Religious
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches of the South
- American Baptist Home Mission Societies
- American Friends Service Committee
- Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
- Camp Brotherhood
- Catholic Charities USA
- Catholic Health Association
- Catholic Health Initiatives
- Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
- Catholics United
- Church of the Brethren
- Church Women United, Inc.
- Conference of Major Superiors of Men
- Disciples Home Missions, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Dominican Sisters of Peace
- Faiths United To Prevent Gun Violence
- Franciscan Action Network
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Health Ministries Association
- Heeding God’s Call
- Hindu American Foundation
- Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
- Islamic Society of North America
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Jewish Reconstructionist Movement
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious
- Mennonite Central Committee, Washington Office
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- National Council of Churches
- National Episcopal Health Ministries
- NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
- Pathways Faith Community
- Pax Christi USA
- PICO Network Lifelines to Healing
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness
- Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Rabbinical Assembly
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- San Francisco Interfaith Council
- Sikh Council on Religion and Education, USA
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
- Sojourners
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
- United Church of Christ
- United Methodist Church
- United Methodist Women
- United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
- Washington National Cathedral
- Women of Reform Judaism
Other organizations
- Alliance for Business Leadership
- American Bar Association
- Black American Political Association of California
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Grandmothers for Peace International
- NAACP
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Precision Remotes
- Sierra Club
- TASH
- VoteVets.org
- Washington Office on Latin America
Localities
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
- National League of Cities
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson
- Ventura County Board of Supervisors
- Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Anthony Smith
- Boston City Council
Former governors
- Former California Governor George Deukmejian
- Former Secretary of Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge
Current Senate cosponsors
- Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
- Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.)
- Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.)
- Senator Mo Cowan (D-Mass.)
- Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
- Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
- Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
- Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
- Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
- Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
- Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
- Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
- Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
- Senator John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
- Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
- Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
- Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Mayors
- The group Mayors Against Illegal Guns in early February sent a letter to House and Senate leaders calling for support of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. The letter was signed by 886 mayors from cities across the country.
- The mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and Santa Ana wrote a letter supporting the bill in January.
California cities
- Beverly Hills
- Calabasas
- Del Mar
- Encinitas
- Lemon Grove
- Los Angeles
- National City
- Petaluma
- San Francisco
- Santa Rosa
- Stockton
- Ventura
- West Hollywood